Here, we report a patient with prostate adenocarcinoma, who was diagnosed with a synchronous atypical meningioma during PSMA PET/CT staging. Although PSMA PET/CT is a valuable tool in prostate cancer management,
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PSMA PET/CT appears to be a promising and superior staging investigation that may replace bone scan and CT scan in guiding treatment decision-making. It has high specificity and positive predictive value, thus in patients with low-risk prostate cancer, unnecessary extended pelvic lymph node dissecti...
The PSMA PET scan is an emerging imaging modality with improved sensitivity and specificity over conventional imaging for prostate cancer staging. It uses PET in conjunction with a tracer that is highly effective in detecting prostate cancer throughout the body so the precise location of the...
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Here we present a case of 65-year-old male patient, known case of prostate adenocarcinoma, referred for 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT scan, post radiotherapy, and androgen deprivation therapy, for rising serum PSA levels. He was found to have an isolated testicular metastasis on the scan. This report ...
PET/CT imaging protocol All PET/CT examinations were performed on a Discovery MI PET/CT system (GE Healthcare, Waukesha, WI) with a spatial resolution of 4 mm at the centre of the field of view and 2 min acquisition per bed position. After obtaining a CT transmission scan (140...
“The normal standard of care, which is an MRI scan and then a biopsy, is already good at detecting of prostate cancer, but we wanted to see if PSMA-PET/CT could offer additional information to help with treatment plans,” said Dr. Philipp Krausewitz, a urologist at University Hospital ...
Lymphatic spread determines treatment decisions in prostate cancer (PCa) patients. 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT can be performed, although cost remains high and availability is limited. Therefore, computed tomography (CT) continues to be the most used modality for P
Bone scanObjective:To evaluate the use of Gallium-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography(^(68)Ga-PSMA PET/CT),compared with conventional CT abdomen/pelvis(CTAP)and whole body single photon emission CT bone scan(BS),for detection of local or distant ...